I had the same problem with my vcr, the solution was to uncheck the mininum clip length (2 sec.). You can find it in video capture under Options -> Preferences -> Capture.

were you BATCH capturing ( ADVANCED) ? if yes - try using "CAPTURE" ( capture video) to see if that works ! then from there we can trouble shoot.

I had the same problem with my vcr, the solution was to uncheck the mininum clip length (2 sec.). You can find it in video capture under Options -> Preferences -> Capture.


thanks, I changed this option and now it works!

now the capture worked and the whole tape is on HD now!

but the captured recordings do not look exactly like the ones on tape now, the video I captured to HD is much darker than the stuff I saw on the camera display. it looks like if the brightness on the capture is generally lower than it was on the original DV tape. so how can I fix this?

You can be assured- if you captured it via firewire, the gamma did not change. If so, it's a miraculous discovery and I want to know how it's done!

It's just your settings on your monitors. if you bring it back to tape and watch on your cameras lcd, it will be the same.

You can be assured- if you captured it via firewire, the gamma did not change. If so, it's a miraculous discovery and I want to know how it's done!


are you sure its just my PCs settings? i mean if it IS, then i could maybe change them or something? otherwise I just put the converted dv`s on CD-R and threw it into my Mac, and it was the same. i mean it was really a lot brighter on the lcd of the cam, than the avi is now. is there any kind of filter in the software or such?

"There is a setup menu item that has the ability to display in the LCD in a Bright mode (usually for seeing better in daylight outdoors)."

Hmm, that seems not to be it, since I just connected the camcorder with my videoplayer via av cable, and then I watched the footage on TV screen. on there it appeared in bright. goddamn thats no good. Im starting to think that something about my pc or camcorder is not right, so I will phone panasonic tomorrow and then ask some computer geeks as well.
I mean, can we absolutely exclude that Vegas has anything to do with this? Or what may cause that darkness?

That's a bit-for-bit copy of what's on your tape. Monitor gamma is simply not as bright as television. If your intent is to output for computer display, you can always run it through a colour correction filter built into VV.

-Doug

"That's a bit-for-bit copy of what's on your tape. Monitor gamma is simply not as bright as television. If your intent is to output for computer display, you can always run it through a colour correction filter built into VV."

That sounds interesting, thanks. And YES, my intent is to output it on comp display of course. So I´m curious about that filter thing you mentioned, I dont have VV so long, so I basically have no experiewnce on filters etc. I guess that filter is non-destructive? This is really a strange thing, I mean most of my other video files seem to work right on comp monitor dont they? Is there a general resolution for this "darkness effect"? I would really like to avoid it in general. Do I need an LCD monitor to get rid of this maybe? Is there any general solution to avoid this? The bad thing seems to be that I cant watch my footage in bright on any computer now, I hope thats not the whole truth...